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I would like to know when would politicians like Rep. Rick Olson start listening to the people?

Rep. Olson was voted into office to create jobs but instead he's voted to cut funding for our K-12 schools by more than $1 billion to give corporations a massive $2 billion tax break.

Rep. Olson has been quoted saying "there's no guarantee it'll work." So why exactly are we gambling with the future of our kids on a huge tax break for big business if we don't have any guarantee that it'll work?

We need our leaders to start working together and focus on a plan that will create jobs and provide the appropriate funding needed for our children's education. Giving rich executives a huge tax break at the expense of our children is a shortsighted approach.

Eliminating teachers and placing our children into larger classrooms will make it more difficult for them to learn, thus hindering the future of our state economy and keeping the people at poverty levels — poverty levels of minimum wage as Rep. Olson would refer to as a "wonderful wage rate." I would like to see his resume letter if his family had to live off minimum wage and see if he would have been schooled at Michigan State University.

These children have a right to be successful in their careers and life, but they can't be if the educational resources are not available. Enough is enough! Is Rep. Olson listening?

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